PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dhughel McVey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think McVey might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Jump Around by House of Pain. The crowd seem to be enjoying Tyson's choice of entrance music: bad to the bone. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Mike Tyson enters the cage!

McVey
vs
Tyson

188 cm
23
215 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

181 cm
27
215 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

MMA Animal

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dhughel McVey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

McVey rushes Tyson and presses him up against the cage.
Tyson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McVey stalling the fight.
McVey tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tyson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tyson takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Mike Tyson has been cut.
McVey holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Tyson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McVey putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tyson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McVey.
A knee to the head by McVey.
Tyson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tyson tries to break the clinch but McVey is controlling the position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McVey.
McVey lands an elbow inside that Tyson shrugs off.
McVey crunches a lovely knee into Tyson's ribcage.
McVey lands an elbow just above Tyson 's eye.
Tyson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tyson is trying to push McVey away but McVey has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
McVey keeps control of Tyson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McVey effectively controlling the action here.
Tyson tries to break free but McVey pushes him back against the cage.
Tyson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McVey is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tyson looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McVey with a knee to the head.
McVey scores with a knee to the head.
McVey leaning against his opponent.
McVey landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McVey lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
McVey lands an elbow inside.
McVey working Tyson over with knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for McVey.
McVey lands a nice elbow.
Tyson takes an elbow to the forehead.
McVey lands an elbow that stopped Tyson in his tracks for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McVey obliges.
Tyson takes an elbow to the temple.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
McVey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Tyson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McVey crunches a lovely knee into Tyson's ribcage.
Tyson takes an elbow to the temple.

That has opened up Mike Tyson's cut even more.
McVey lands an elbow that stopped Tyson in his tracks for a moment.
McVey lands a knee to the body.
McVey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McVey controlling the action here for a moment.
McVey seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McVey scores with a knee to the head.
Tyson takes an elbow to the temple.
McVey gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Tyson fails to land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
McVey creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tyson's defenses.
Tyson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McVey with a knee to the head.
McVey prevents Tyson from breaking the clinch.
McVey with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McVey putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tyson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McVey stalls.
McVey unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tyson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McVey lands an elbow inside that Tyson shrugs off.
McVey pressing his opponent against the cage.
McVey lands an elbow inside that Tyson shrugs off.
McVey with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McVey with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McVey crunches a lovely knee into Tyson's ribcage.
Tyson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tyson takes a knee right on the jaw!

The cut above Mike Tyson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Tyson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tyson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McVey just leaning against Tyson, taking a breather.
McVey lands an elbow that stopped Tyson in his tracks for a moment.
Tyson wants to break free but McVey has control.
McVey has Tyson pressed against the cage.
McVey lands an elbow that stopped Tyson in his tracks for a moment.
McVey lands an elbow inside that Tyson shrugs off.
McVey lands a good knee to the midsection. Tyson won't want to take too many of those.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McVey.
Nice elbow from McVey.
Tyson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McVey putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tyson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tyson takes an elbow to the forehead.
McVey with a knee to the head.
McVey lands a nice elbow.
McVey lands an elbow just above Tyson 's eye.
McVey stalling against the cage.
McVey with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McVey stalling against the cage.
Tyson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McVey scores with a knee to the head.
Tyson takes an elbow to the temple.
McVey comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
McVey displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tyson up against the cage.
Tyson taking a breather.
McVey lands an elbow inside.
McVey lands a nice knee to the body.
McVey just leaning against Tyson, taking a breather.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
McVey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tyson blocks it with crossed arms.
McVey will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tyson up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tyson is trying to break the clinch but McVey has him pressed against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Tyson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McVey has him pressed against the cage.
McVey has Tyson pressed against the cage, preventing Tyson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dhughel McVey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Tyson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

McVey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tyson.
A jab from McVey does it's job there.
Tyson misses with a combination
and McVey counters with a series of strikes. Tyson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Tyson throws a combination that misses
and McVey counters with a three punch combo that has Tyson backing up. Tyson nods at McVey to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd cheers as Tyson lands an impressive looking overhand right. McVey doesn't seem phased though.
McVey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tyson.
Tyson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tyson swats away the attempt to clinch by McVey.
Tyson is breathing heavily.
McVey gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McVey fails with the takedown.
McVey shoots for a double leg takedown but Tyson sprawls well. He's pushed McVey's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tyson throws an ugly left hook that misses

and McVey counters with a nice double leg into guard.
McVey content to stall in guard here.
McVey throws a big right hand that misses.
McVey trying to control the position from guard on top but Tyson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McVey looking to sit in guard and control but Tyson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Tyson drops back, looking for a kneebar! McVey looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. McVey looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from McVey!

McVey tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no McVey has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Tyson is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McVey is looking to take a break and control but Tyson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tyson parries the strikes from McVey easily there. McVey is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Tyson to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tyson is trying to get back to half guard.
McVey wants to take a breather but Tyson manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for McVey.
Tyson wants to stand and escape but McVey is having none of it.
McVey throwing strikes but missing.
Tyson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with McVey. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tyson keeping moving, preventing McVey from controlling successfully.
McVey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dhughel McVey dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mike Tyson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Tyson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McVey counters with a nice uppercut.
Tyson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McVey sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McVey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tyson throws a right hand that misses
and McVey makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tyson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tyson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and McVey holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tyson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McVey connects with a knee to the head.
McVey creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tyson's defenses.
McVey lands an elbow inside.
McVey comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tyson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tyson takes a knee to the side of the body.
McVey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tyson can do to turn this around?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyson takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees to the body from McVey.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McVey obliges.
McVey creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tyson's defenses.
McVey lands an elbow that stopped Tyson in his tracks for a moment.
McVey gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Mike Tyson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
McVey lands an elbow inside that Tyson shrugs off.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mike Tyson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dhughel McVey!